diff --git a/src/workerd/api/r2-bucket.c++ b/src/workerd/api/r2-bucket.c++
index 85fd1412c0d..57d17e5e283 100644
--- a/src/workerd/api/r2-bucket.c++
+++ b/src/workerd/api/r2-bucket.c++
@@ -25,22 +25,6 @@
 #include <regex>
 
 namespace workerd::api::public_beta {
-kj::Own<kj::HttpClient> r2GetClient(
-    IoContext& context, uint subrequestChannel, R2UserTracing user) {
-  TraceContext traceContext = context.makeUserTraceSpan(user.op);
-  traceContext.setTag("rpc.service"_kjc, "r2"_kjc);
-  traceContext.setTag(user.method.key, user.method.value);
-  KJ_IF_SOME(b, user.bucket) {
-    traceContext.setTag("cloudflare.r2.bucket"_kjc, b);
-  }
-  KJ_IF_SOME(tag, user.extraTag) {
-    traceContext.setTag(tag.key, tag.value);
-  }
-
-  // TODO(o11y): Attach trace context to awaitIo call to match operation lifetime better?
-  return context.getHttpClient(subrequestChannel, true, kj::none, traceContext)
-      .attach(kj::mv(traceContext));
-}
 
 kj::Own<kj::HttpClient> R2Bucket::getHttpClient(IoContext& context, TraceContext& traceContext) {
   KJ_SWITCH_ONEOF(clientChannel) {
diff --git a/src/workerd/api/r2-bucket.h b/src/workerd/api/r2-bucket.h
index a57770965f9..afd0770aedf 100644
--- a/src/workerd/api/r2-bucket.h
+++ b/src/workerd/api/r2-bucket.h
@@ -15,24 +15,6 @@ class Headers;
 
 namespace workerd::api::public_beta {
 
-struct StringTagParams {
-  kj::LiteralStringConst key;
-  kj::StringPtr value;
-};
-
-struct R2UserTracing {
-  kj::LiteralStringConst op;
-  StringTagParams method;
-  // Passing Maybe<kj::StringPtr> instead of Maybe<StringTagParams> here – this avoids a branch on
-  // the caller side when bucket is already a Maybe, which is more convenient.
-  kj::Maybe<kj::StringPtr> bucket;
-  kj::Maybe<StringTagParams> extraTag;
-};
-
-// Helper for creating R2 HTTP Client with the right span tags across operations. This is much
-// cleaner than setting span tags directly in each function.
-kj::Own<kj::HttpClient> r2GetClient(IoContext& context, uint subrequestChannel, R2UserTracing user);
-
 kj::ArrayPtr<kj::StringPtr> fillR2Path(
     kj::StringPtr pathStorage[1], const kj::Maybe<kj::String>& bucket);
 
diff --git a/src/workerd/api/r2-rpc.h b/src/workerd/api/r2-rpc.h
index 1b6f16b459b..832346f89f5 100644
--- a/src/workerd/api/r2-rpc.h
+++ b/src/workerd/api/r2-rpc.h
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@ kj::Promise<R2Result> doR2HTTPPutRequest(jsg::Lock& js,
     kj::Own<kj::HttpClient> client,
     kj::Maybe<R2PutValue> value,
     kj::Maybe<uint64_t> streamSize,
-    // Deprecated. For internal beta API only.
     kj::String metadataPayload,
     kj::ArrayPtr<kj::StringPtr> path,
     kj::Maybe<kj::StringPtr> jwt);
diff --git a/src/workerd/io/compatibility-date-test.c++ b/src/workerd/io/compatibility-date-test.c++
index 3ebc2dab859..afa6b2b8c0f 100644
--- a/src/workerd/io/compatibility-date-test.c++
+++ b/src/workerd/io/compatibility-date-test.c++
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ KJ_TEST("compatibility flag parsing") {
       [](kj::StringPtr compatDate, kj::ArrayPtr<const kj::StringPtr> featureFlags,
           kj::StringPtr expectedOutput, kj::ArrayPtr<const kj::StringPtr> expectedErrors = nullptr,
           CompatibilityDateValidation dateValidation = CompatibilityDateValidation::FUTURE_FOR_TEST,
-          bool r2InternalBetaApiSet = false, bool experimental = false,
+          bool r2InternalBetaBindingsSet = false, bool experimental = false,
           kj::ArrayPtr<const kj::StringPtr> allowedExperimentalFlags = nullptr) {
     capnp::MallocMessageBuilder message;
     auto orphanage = message.getOrphanage();
@@ -95,10 +95,10 @@ KJ_TEST("compatibility flag parsing") {
     capnp::TextCodec codec;
     auto parsedExpectedOutput = codec.decode<CompatibilityFlags>(expectedOutput, orphanage);
 
-    if (!r2InternalBetaApiSet) {
-      // The r2PublicBetaApi is always expected by default regardless of compat date unless
-      // explicitly disabled.
-      parsedExpectedOutput.get().setR2PublicBetaApi(true);
+    if (!r2InternalBetaBindingsSet) {
+      // obsolete13 is always expected by default regardless of compat date unless explicitly
+      // disabled with r2_internal_beta_bindings.
+      parsedExpectedOutput.get().setObsolete13(true);
     }
 
     // If errors are expected, then the output is irrelevant.
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ KJ_TEST("compatibility flag parsing") {
       " specCompliantUrl = true,"
       " globalNavigator = true,"
       " captureThrowsAsRejections = true,"
-      " r2PublicBetaApi = true,"
+      " obsolete13 = true,"
       " obsolete14 = false,"
       " noSubstituteNull = true,"
       " transformStreamJavaScriptControllers = true,"
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ KJ_TEST("compatibility flag parsing") {
       " specCompliantUrl = true,"
       " globalNavigator = true,"
       " captureThrowsAsRejections = true,"
-      " r2PublicBetaApi = true,"
+      " obsolete13 = true,"
       " obsolete14 = false,"
       " noSubstituteNull = true,"
       " transformStreamJavaScriptControllers = true,"
diff --git a/src/workerd/io/compatibility-date.capnp b/src/workerd/io/compatibility-date.capnp
index a2087d79bbf..122ace2201a 100644
--- a/src/workerd/io/compatibility-date.capnp
+++ b/src/workerd/io/compatibility-date.capnp
@@ -179,12 +179,12 @@ struct CompatibilityFlags @0x8f8c1b68151b6cef {
   # throw synchronously. This flag changes the behavior so that async functions return
   # rejections instead of throwing.
 
-  r2PublicBetaApi @13 :Bool
+  obsolete13 @13 :Bool
       $compatEnableFlag("r2_public_beta_bindings")
       $compatDisableFlag("r2_internal_beta_bindings")
       $compatEnableAllDates;
-  # R2 public beta bindings are the default.
-  # R2 internal beta bindings is back-compat.
+  # Obsolete flag. Has no effect. The R2 bindings that `r2_internal_beta_bindings` used to select
+  # no longer exist, so all workers get the same R2 API regardless of this flag.
 
   obsolete14 @14 :Bool
       $compatEnableFlag("durable_object_alarms");